The Dodge Viper is a V10-powered sports car that went on sale in January 1992. 16 years later the company celebrates the production of the 25.000th Viper.
The event will be held at Chrysler LLC’s Conner Avenue Assembly Plant on March 12 and with this occasion, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch will receive a 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10.
The 2008 Viper SRT10 is powered by a 8.4-liter aluminum V-10 engine that produces an astounding 600 horsepower and 560 lb.-ft. of torque.
Neiman Marcus will sell the 2008 Hennessey Venom 700NM for $179,500 in the spring Men’s Catalog.
The car has a power of 700 hp and a peak torque of 645-lb-ft. Based on the Hennessey Venom 650R package, the car makes the 0 to 60 mph sprint in 3.3 seconds.
The Venom 700NM also gets a giant rear wing tested at 200 mph. Also significant, however, is that cost of the seven Venom 700NM Vipers includes the price of one day of high-performance driving school at Lonestar Motorsports Park.
The SRT10 ACR is powered by a 8.4-liter aluminum V-10 engine that produces 600 horsepower and 560 lb.-ft. of torque. This video was shot on the No Problem Raceway Track in Belle Rose, Louisiana, USA during some tests of the car’s durability.
Bob Nardelli’s no Bob Lutz.
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Word is out that Chrysler is planning to kill off the Viper.
In case you may have forgotten, the Viper was Bob Lutz’s creation, back when he was ‘the man’ at Chrysler. He used the Viper as a way of energizing the company and simultaneously developing techniques to shorten the design cycle. What he came up with was a car powered by a V-10 truck engine that captivated people for whom raw and undiluted power (...) > More
I have to confess: Viper was the car I dream about ever since I was a child, and deep down was hopping that one day I will be able to buy one. So, Chrysler’s decision to kill it just hit me like a thunder, I just can’t except this! > More
Chevrolet will unveil at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show the Corvette ZR1. So, the Viper was left behind considering power. So Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) announced that it is introducing the company’s first high-performance upgrade system for the new 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10. Known as the Venom 650R, the engine modifications increase by 78 horsepower giving the Viper the ability to accelerate from 0 to 150 mph 1.5 seconds quicker (15.5 sec. versus 17.0 sec.) than the already factory-fast 2008 Viper that offers a stout 600 horsepower. > More
When Chrysler unveiled the Dodge Viper SRT 10 ACR at the Los Angeles Auto Show they have announced that the supercar will be priced under $100k. And they kept their promise: the SRT10 ACR is priced at $98,110, including an $850 destination charge > More
Hennessey Performance Engineering today revealed new images of the Venom GT concept car. The Venom GT would incorporate Hennessey’s potent Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper V10 powerplant into a light weight mid-engine chassis weighing "under 2,700 lbs". Power would be run through a 6-speed transmission or optional sequential gearbox. > More
A few days ago we reported that Hennessey is working on a 1000 hp supercar. Today the tuning company released the first info about the concept version. To be called Venom GT, the future supercar will make its public debut sometime in 2009. The car will be built in a very limited edition. > More
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